Puzzle.



J. W. FULIEBBOI.

umm JUL! a. 1961.

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f Anliegen nu smh; as, isos. sani le uw. To ell whom it wuylamocm:therein. `The ide of the inclosure E is concentric Beit known thst I,.hun W. Funnnsox, s citisen of the United Sintes, residing st FsncyPrnirie, in the county ol Mensrd and Stste of Illinois, beve invented snew snd useful Improvement in Puzzles, of which the yfollowing is thespecicstion. 4

Hy invention hss relstion to puzzles, snd it consists i the nove!construction and srrsngement oi its psrts ss hereinsitcr shown snddescribed.

The pussle consists primarily of s. buse hsving sn outer well smi slower inner wsll spsmsd therefrom. the wslls being wholly unobstructed.Bells oi vsrying sizes sud weight sro contined within l the out. well,snd s lonrninous cover islocsted shove and nttsched to the upper cdgc oithc outer wsll. l

l llustrnte my .invention by the sccompsn`yiug drswingn, in which Figure1 is s vertical projection oi the box, Fig. 2 s

v"crticsl section o( tbe box through the line X- Y and Fig. 3 is shorizontal proiection of the box.v

Similu letters roter to similsr psrts throughout the 'ille bos is modswith s round wood bottoni B which hu'sdeep nsrrow groove G sunk ntoitssmsll distance from the perimeter. In the groove G is plsced the loweredge ol the dde A which is secured therein. In s move II in the bottom B(which'is similsr to the lroovo G but of sneller dismeter) is plsced thelower' sdgeoitheideolthoinclosureE'whichissecured with the side oi thebox which isct incressss'the di@ culty oi "pennin another bell sitsr oneor more ,bnllssreintbeinclosurmAscreenoi'wireDisplscedoveetheupperlmtol' the boxiormingscoversndtheedgesolthescreensre bentdownovertheupperedgeoiA. AbsndOis then plscedover the screen snd prensd down till thewpedgeoicissvenwiththetopsdgsohtsndthere it is permanently secured thusopcsting to hold the screen D securely in plses. Delors plsclnl tbsscreen plsced withinthe box. Thebsllssrenotoithenmo. eizeorweightsndrnsybornsdeoiwoodorothermstorisls. l y n I sin swsre thst there steother designs o( puzzles hsving s box vsnd divisions or compsrtments'within vin which bells may be placed by msnipulsting thebox; therefore I do not clsini this design brnsdly, but 'What I clslm ssnew snd desire tosecure by Letters lsteritis:-y

A pussls eonpetslsg s boss. ss esser wsu.y s lower isser wnll spsesdtherefrom, the spsee betwssn the w'slls bd wholly unobstructed, bslls inssld specs of vs rylng shes snd weights, snd s forslnlnous coverpsrsllsl to the bsss.

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